BankUnited Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:BKU)

BankUnited trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BKU."

BankUnited announced a -- dividend on Friday, September 13th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, October 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Thursday, October 31st. This represents a dividend yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 11th. View BankUnited's Dividend History.

BankUnited announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, January 24th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $150,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.85 by $0.05. The financial services provider had revenue of $290.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $292.57 million. BankUnited had a return on equity of 10.21% and a net margin of 18.74%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.62 EPS. View BankUnited's Earnings History.

BankUnited is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for BankUnited.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for BankUnited's stock. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect BankUnited's share price to reach $37.13 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BankUnited.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BankUnited in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for BankUnited.

Media stories about BKU stock have been trending negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BankUnited earned a news sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for BankUnited.

BankUnited saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,750,000 shares, a drop of 25.8% from the August 30th total of 2,360,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 682,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 1.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. View BankUnited's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to BankUnited include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), BB&T (BBT), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), KeyCorp (KEY), First Republic Bank (FRC), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BankUnited investors own include Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Boeing (BA), General Dynamics (GD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) and ConocoPhillips (COP).

BankUnited's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (1.75%), Strs Ohio (0.77%), Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.45%), Cambiar Investors LLC (0.15%), First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.12%) and Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.06%). Company insiders that own BankUnited stock include Douglas J Pauls, Eugene F Demark, Jay D Richards, Jeffrey Starr, John N Digiacomo, Mark Bagnoli, Rajinder P Singh, Thomas M Cornish and William S Rubenstein. View Institutional Ownership Trends for BankUnited.

BKU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc., Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. and Bailard Inc.. Company insiders that have sold BankUnited company stock in the last year include Douglas J Pauls, Jay D Richards and Mark Bagnoli. View Insider Buying and Selling for BankUnited.

BKU stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Convergence Investment Partners LLC, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, First Financial Bank Trust Division, Cambiar Investors LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought BankUnited stock in the last two years include John N Digiacomo and William S Rubenstein. View Insider Buying and Selling for BankUnited.

Shares of BKU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BKU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.91.

BankUnited has a market capitalization of $3.22 billion and generates $1.58 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $324.87 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.36 on an earnings per share basis. BankUnited employs 1,790 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About BankUnited.

The official website for BankUnited is http://www.bankunited.com/.

BankUnited's mailing address is 14817 OAK LANE, MIAMI LAKES FL, 33016. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 305-569-2000 or via email at [email protected]